Display-rack attachment.



N0.s50,554. PATENTED APR.16,1907.

E. B. WESTON.

DISPLAY RACK ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.12, 190s.

wi nedaea WNTTE' STATES PATEN @FFTQ.

EDWARD B. WESTON, or DAYTON, orno.

DISPLAY-RACK ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed February 12, 1906. Serial No. 300.673.

\ part of this specification.

My invention relates to attachments for display-racks, racks as areintended to hold cans or boxes of goods from the contents withoutwithdrawing the box or can entirely from the rack.

In the handling and sale of crackers and biscuits it is usual to packthe crackers in rectangular cans or boxes which are provided withflanged top lids for a cover, and these boxes are usually displayed onracks which are constructed a size just suflicient to hold a certainnumber of these cans or boxes on a shelf.

It is the purpose of my invention to provide a simple, cheap, andeffective attachment which can be readily and easily applied to theshelves of the display-racks and read ily and easily applied to the cansor boxes, so that the boxes can be drawn out, opened, and held inposition on the rack while the contents are removed, as desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display-rack withmy attachment applied to the cans. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevationof a portion of the rack, showing the attachment applied to the can withthe can in position on the shelf. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the candrawn out for removal of itscontents. Fig. 1 is a perspec tive yiew ofthe slide attachment. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one form of stapleFor securing the attachment to the shelf. Fig. 6 is a perspective viewof a modified :onstruction for securing the attachment ;o the shelves.Fig. 7 is a perspective view )f a modified form of the front end of thelide attachment, and Fig. 8 is a central verical section of same inplace on the candid.

1 1 represents the side standards of any lesired construction ofdisplay-rack, 2 2 he shelves, and 3 3 the cans or boxes in hich thegoods are displayed. These cans r boxes entirely fill up the space onand etween the shelves. The cans or boxes re provided with a flanged lidor cover 4,

] hinged at 5 to the more particularly for suchwhich it is desired toremove rear edge of the can, and 6 is a metal strip bent at right anglesat each end to form a front plate 7 and a rear plate 28 to embrace thefront and rear flangesof the lid 4.- of the can. The lower end of thesefront and rear plates is curved or hooked, as shown at 8 and 9, to fitaround the head 10, which is formed on the can-lid, so that the metalstrip 6 will be held securely to the can-lid. At the rear the metalstrip is bent at right angles to form a stop 11.

,tg; 12 is a staple which is bent angularly, so i as to throw the prongs13 somewhat in the rear of the loop 14, and these staples'are driveninto the under surface of the shelves 2 2, so that the loop ,14 willcome about flush with the front edge of the shelf. One of these staplesis provided for each can, and the staples are driven into the shelves,so that they will be located about at the middle portion of the cans.

To secure the cans to the attachments after the staples are driven,leaving the loop 14 extending below the front edge of the shelves, thebent metal strips, one for each staple and can, are slipped through thestaples into the position shown in Fig. 2, and by springing out thefront and rear plates 7 and 28 of the. strips and placing the can inposition the hooks 8 and 9 may be readily engaged under the can-lid, sothat the strip is secured effectively to the can-lid. Now if the can isdrawn out it will be evident that the staple will pull 011 the metalstrip 6, and the lid will open at the same time that the lower edge ofthe box or can will rest on the front edge of its supporting-shelf. Thebent portion 11 of the attachment forms a stop to prevent the attachmentcoming forward in the loop in the staple 12 to the extreme end of thestrip 6. Without the stop in pulling out the can the attachment might bereadily pulled off of the rear side of the can-lid. Instead of thestaples 12 for securing the attaching-strip to the can-lids a plate 15,such as shown in Fig. 6, may be secured on the front edge of the shelfand the strip passed through the slot 16.

My above-described construction for securing the cans or boxes such asare provided with a lid hinged at the back is of great value because ofits simplicity and by reason of the fact that any one can at a momentsnotice equip a set of It will be understood that large numbers shelvesfor holding the cans or boxes thereon.

of the hook, and the lower edge of the plate 7 is bent at 21 to form abearing-surface. When this locking-plate 19 is thrown out from betweenthe shank of the hook and the plate 7, the hook will be free to move upand down, so that it can be lengthened out to take under the bead on thecan-lid. Then the hook is pushed up to lock I under the edge of the lid,and by turning down the locking-plate the parts are wedged or lockedtogether.

Having thus described my invention, what desire to secure by Letofdisplay-racks for holding such cans are and the shank 20 now in use, andit is of importance to supply an attachment which can be applied by avery unskilled user and with which it shall not be essential thataccuracy of fit shall be obtained.

With my attachment it is not at all essential that the attachmentsshould be located at the middle of the can or that the attachmentsshould be in exact alinement. So long as the staples or attaching-platesare secured at the front edge of the shelf accuracy of alinement is byno means essential.

It will also be noticed that the attachments being applied to thecan-lid that when the can is drawn out the lid is opened and held inopen position, so that the contents of the can be readily withdrawn atthe same time that it is impossible to pull the can off of the shelf. Nomatter how roughly or carelessly the boxes may be drawn out, inasmuch asthe l rear portion of the can-lid is hinged on the staple the weight ofthe box causes the lower inner end of the box to swing inward, so thatthe shelf supports it, as shown in Fig. 3. The continued forward pull ofthe can causes a draft on the front part of the lid, so that l I claimas new, and

ters Patent, is-

, 1. In a display-rack attachment, the combination with a box having alid, of a detachbox 1 able strip of suitable material, and means forfastening same at front and rear to the box- I lid, with looppermanently secured to the front edge of the rack above the box, forholding said strip adjustably to the rack and through which loop thestrip is passed before fastening the lid.

2. In a display-rack attachment, the combination of a box having a lid,of a metal strip with ends bent to engage detachably the lid of the boxat front and rear, and loop permanently secured to the front edge of therack above the box, through which loop the metal strip passes to holdsame adjustably to the rack.

3. In a display-rack attachment, the combination of a box, having a lid,of a metal strip, with ends bent to engage the lid of the box at frontand rear, loop secured to the front edge of the rack above the boxthrough which loop the metal strip passes to hold same adjustably to therack, and a stop to limit the movement of the strip.

4. In a display-rack attachment, the combination of a box having a lid,of a meta.

the lid is raised or opened automatically, making a wedge of the body ofthe can and the raised or opened lid of the can between the two shelves,and thereby holding the can firmly in place when the lid is open. Byshoving the can back on the shelves the lid is closed automatically.

It sometimes happens that the shelves are so close together that thefront part or plate 7 of the attachment cannot be made long 1 enough tospring under-the bead on the canlid. It will be evident that if thespace between the top of the can and the shelf above the can is slightthat the length of the front plate 7 will have to be shorter than wherestrip, with ends bent to engage the lid of the more space is available.box at front and rear, loop secured to the In order to secure theattachment in front, front edge of the rack above the box througl whichloop the metal strip passes to hol( same adjustably to the rack, with abend ii the strip to form a stop to limit the move ment of the strip.

EDWARD B. WESTON.

under such circumstances I provide the construction shown in Figs. 7 and8.

A slot 17 is cut lengthwise of the plate 7, and the hook portion 8 isprovided with a body or shank 20, which is secured by a rivet or pin 18to slide in said slot.

In order to lock the hook portionv to the I Witnesses: body portion, Iprovide a locking-plate 19, EUGENE B. HUFFMAN, which is loosely pivotedbetween the plate 7 i N. D. KEMP.

